played by Peter Wallfisch Sonata in C major
(Haydn Society No. 21) Sonata in E major
(Haydn Society No. 22)
Eleventh in a series of weekly recitals to include all Haydn's 52 piano sonatas Sonatas 23 and 24 played by Ronald Smith : March 18
Arnold Goldsbrough introduces his performance of Bach's B minor Mass to be broadcast tomorrow night
Opera in four acts by VERDI
Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni sung in Italian
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Tullio Serafin The action takes place at the time of the Pharaohs
Acts 1 and 2 on gramophone recorda
by J. P. Stern
History and Histrionics
J. P. Stern , Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, believes that to see Vienna as an amalgam of lassitude and charm is not to see the whole picture.
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Acts 3 and 4 on gramophone recorda
by A. B. Clegg
Director of Education,
West Riding of Yorkshire
Education and the Working Class is the tide of a recently published survey by Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden. It documents the difficulties of 88 working-class children at grammar school in Marburton between 1949-1952. Mr. Clegg, in whose area of responsibility Marburton lies, has read the book and draws his own conclusions.
A Painting on Wood by INGMAR BERGMAN
Translated from the Swedish by Paul Britten Austin
Ingmar Bergman 's A Painting on Wood on which his famous film The Seventh Seal is based, takes figures from a 14thcentury wall painting in a Swedish country church, making of them a parable for our own time.
Production by JOHN GIBSON
This recorded programme has been made available to the BBC through the courtesy of the Swedish Radio, Stockholm.
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played by the Fine Arts Quartet
Leonard Sorkin (violin) Abram Loft (violin) Irving Ilmer (viola)
George Sopkin (cello)
: second broadcast